National Occupation Code (NOC): 72102

Sheet metal workers fabricate, assemble, install and repair sheet metal products. They are employed by sheet metal fabrication shops, sheet metal products manufacturing companies, sheet metal work contractors and various industrial sectors. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

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Job Duties for Sheet metal workers

• Read engineering and architectural drawings, sketches and work specifications to be performed, and lay out, measure and mark sheet metal according to drawings or templates
• Develop patterns for sheet metal using computer-assisted design and drafting (CAD) software package
• Operate light metalworking machines such as shears, brakes, punches, and drill presses, including computer numerical control (CNC) equipment to cut, bend, punch, drill, shape or straighten sheet metal
• Operate computerized laser or plasma cutting equipment to cut sheet metal
• Install and use rigging and hoisting equipment
• Fit and join sheet metal parts using riveting, welding, soldering and similar equipment to fabricate products such as ventilation shafts, exhaust hoods, eavestroughs, partition frames, air and heat ducts, material handling systems, roof decking and sheet metal buildings
• Install sheet metal products according to specifications and building codes
• Grind and buff seams, joints and rough surfaces
• Inspect product quality and installation to ensure conformance to specifications.

Alternate Job Titles

• Aircraft Layout Man/woman Sheet Metal
• Apprentice Sheet Metal Worker
• Apprentice Tinsmith
• Construction Sheet Metal Worker
• Coppersmith
• Custom Sheet Metal Fabricator
• Fitter - Sheet Metal Working
• High Rise Sheet Metal Installer
• Industrial Sheet Metal Worker
• Journeyman/woman Sheet Metal Worker
• Maintenance Sheet Metal Worker
• Metal Furniture Model Maker
• Metal Furniture Patternmaker
• Plant Tinsmith
• Precision Sheet Metal Fabricator
• Precision Sheet Metal Mechanic
• Precision Sheet Metal Worker
• Residential (low Rise) Sheet Metal Installer
• Sheet Metal Fabricator
• Sheet Metal Installer
• Sheet Metal Lay-out Worker
• Sheet Metal Mechanic
• Sheet Metal Mechanic Apprentice
• Sheet Metal Mechanic Bench Hand
• Sheet Metal Model Maker
• Sheet Metal Patternmaker
• Sheet Metal Roofer
• Sheet Metal Work Erector
• Sheet Metal Worker
• Sheet Metal Worker - Manufacturing
• Sheet Metal Worker - Specialty Manufacturing
• Tinsmith
• Tinsmith - Sheet Metal Work
• Tinsmith Roofer